COVID-19 is especially deadly for adults with Down syndrome. But many can t get a vaccine shot. Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY
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The elderly woman on the phone was heartbroken. Her brother, who had Down syndrome, had never lacked a family member at his side in his 60-plus years.
But then he became severely ill with COVID-19, and she d had to leave him at a local hospital, confused and alone. He died two weeks later.
Now she was calling the Down Syndrome Association of Minnesota to ask if she could help spare other families from the same fate by helping the agency in its efforts to lobby state health officials to prioritize COVID-19 vaccination for adults with Down syndrome.
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